Date   : Mon, 03 Dec 1990 09:01:43 PST
From   : rzh@icf.llnl.gov (R. Hanscom)
Subject: Reply to Big Board II

In <1990Dec2.045012.25373@techbook.com> fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay)
writes:

> by the by, i have a question regarding 8 inch floppies on ibm
>clones.  uniform is very handy in formatting oddball disk formats,
>but i was wondering if it is possible to use an 8 inch drive on an
>AT floppy controller to format and read 8 inch formats??

Check out Emerald in Oregon.  They carry the "Compaticard" which is a PC
compatible disk controller.  I don't have one, but they appear to handle
8" drives on a PC, although I believe the ads say that the AT will not
boot from an 8" drive (that may not be a big deal!).  They are not cheap,
but seem to answer your needs.

[Emerald advertises in a number of publications.  I've seen their ads in
Circuit Cellar Ink]

         roger               rzh@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov
                                                icf!rzh@lll-winken.llnl.gov